Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈtwɪt.iː/
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- Australia
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/ˈtwɪt.i/
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- Canada
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/ˈtwət.iː/
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- New-Zealand
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/ˈʈwɪʈ.iː/
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- India
Adjective
Silly, foolish, ineffectual.
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twit fool, lame person, loser | Heʼs such a twit; he always crank-calls me! [C450 1920s British: ‘trivial idiot’] → twitty having the characteristics of a twit
Nervous.
Usage- Australia
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To spend a day with the Hendersons — if you’re like me — would usually end up in your becoming gradually and gently twitty. Twitty is the English vernacular for nervous or clownish.